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In a recent ruling, New York Judge Robert Reed ordered former President Donald Trump to pay The New York Times and its three investigative reporters – Susanne Craig, David Barstow, and Russell Buettner – legal fees totaling $392,638. This payment stems from Trump’s unsuccessful lawsuit against them concerning a 2018 Pulitzer Prize-winning article about his family’s financial dealings and tax strategies.
Toby Greene, Bar-Ilan University A key moment in the final French presidential debate between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen,…
Matt Williams The phrase “in a historic vote” gets thrown around a lot in journalism – and it isn’t always…
Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington The Biden administration on March 31, 2022, said it plans to release an unprecedented…
Jeremy Williams, UCL One surprising success story to come out of the pandemic was how many countries and cities were…
Matt Sienkiewicz, Boston College and Nick Marx, Colorado State University Comedian and podcaster Joe Rogan is caught in a spiral…
Ronald Suny, University of Michigan As fighting rages across Ukraine, two versions of reality that underlie the conflict stare across…
The Batley and Spen by-election was a close contest that went right down to the wire with few commentators risking calling the result before it was announced. At 5:25am it was declared. Kim Leadbeater was the new Labour MP for Batley and Spen, beating her nearest rival, the Conservative candidate Ryan Stephenson, by 323 votes. It was close but a clear victory for Labour.
Conservative voters, Second Amendment activists and gun aficionados celebrated the overturn of California’s decades-long assault weapons ban, thanks to a decision by federal Judge Roger Benitez. Now that California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed an appeal, the resulting legal battles may provide even further cause for courtroom warfare – a Supreme Court case.
Greene has two core advantages that are possessed by no other major contenders for the Republican primary. First, she is a true person of the people having risen to prominence by the spirit of her work ethic. Secondly, she currently excites the Republican base in a manner that is only rivaled by the likes of Donald Trump and the late Ronald Reagan.
